The Decoration Day program will be held in the shadow of Iowa’s first Civil War monument. It was built to honor 15 soldiers from the area who died in the war.

Some were never picked up from the funeral home; others were recently found in a storage unit; and one was finally identified as a soldier from the Civil War. In the lead-up to the 2020 election ...

Performer and historian O.J. Fargo will present “Just Before the Battle, Mother — A Visit from a Civil War Soldier” at the Dakins Community Center, 105 E. Main St. in Zearing. The program will begin ...

DES MOINES, Iowa — For more than a century in Des Moines’s Glendale Cemetery, the remains of 15 Union Civil War veterans rested in unmarked graves.

The Zearing Heritage Room is welcoming a Civil War reenactor for a free program at 6:30 p.m. Thursday. Performer and historian O.J. Fargo will present “Just Before the Battle, Mother — A Visit ...

A Linn County man spent the last three weeks recreating an Iowa Civil War battle flag to bring to Prairie Grove, Arkansas, to re-create the 1862 battle next week.

WASHINGTON — President Biden on Wednesday awarded the Medal of Honor for conspicuous gallantry to two Union soldiers who stole a locomotive deep in Confederate territory during the Civil War and ...

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa --- Civil War academics, enthusiasts and collectors will gather to share their knowledge and historical items with the public on Saturday. The program "Revisiting the Civil War ...

Civil War soldier and personal Bodyguard to General Sherman, ... Kapsa lived in the Iowa City community for several years after the way and passed away at his home at 1117 N. Dodge Street in 1919.

Their names — veterans spanning the Civil War to the Vietnam War — echoed through the nave in a long overdue tribute. Until now, the remains of 20 veterans and five spouses were unclaimed.